My Compaq backup computer is having lots of problems with Win XP but seems- with a quick check - to do well with its dual-booted Ubuntu Linux. I'dlike to find a Linux email utility that will also read Eudora 7.1 files.That way I can use the Compaq as a backup sysem without convertng my maincomputer to Linux and havng to set it up wth all the replacement software.

Post by KenKMy Compaq backup computer is having lots of problems with Win XP but seems- with a quick check - to do well with its dual-booted Ubuntu Linux. I'dlike to find a Linux email utility that will also read Eudora 7.1 files.That way I can use the Compaq as a backup sysem without convertng my maincomputer to Linux and havng to set it up wth all the replacement software.

Pretty much any UNIX historical mail client can read MBOX format, andEudora uses a variant of MBOX (it cheats on exactly how to mark the messageboundary -- using the TOC file to mark status). The trick will be to makethe new client aware of an externally provided MBOX file.

News readers may be a different matter -- since one is going to have todo a "catch up" operation to get a new subscription up to the currentstatus of the server, and they each may use their own internal database ofread/unread (Agent 1.x used to use a UNIX-common newsrc file, but thatfeature disappeared with later releases).

Simplest may be to just archive the current messages into a long textfile.

Post by KenKMy Compaq backup computer is having lots of problems with Win XP but seems- with a quick check - to do well with its dual-booted Ubuntu Linux. I'dlike to find a Linux email utility that will also read Eudora 7.1 files.That way I can use the Compaq as a backup sysem without convertng my maincomputer to Linux and havng to set it up wth all the replacement software.Same problem with my Xnews newsreader.Any suggestions?TIA--I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook.

I don't use Linux, so this is hearsay. I understand that there is a program for it (Wine?) that emulates Windows.

Post by KenKMy Compaq backup computer is having lots of problems with Win XP but seems- with a quick check - to do well with its dual-booted Ubuntu Linux. I'dlike to find a Linux email utility that will also read Eudora 7.1 files.That way I can use the Compaq as a backup sysem without convertng my maincomputer to Linux and havng to set it up wth all the replacement software.Same problem with my Xnews newsreader.Any suggestions?TIA--I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook.

I don't use Linux, so this is hearsay. I understand that there is a program for it (Wine?) that emulates Windows.

Even I know what WINE stands for, "WINE is not an emulator".

--Rick C

Viewed the eclipse at Wintercrest Farms,on the centerline of totality since 1998